Published in Great Britain in 2014 by Canongate Books Ltd,
14 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TE
This digital edition first published in 2014 by Canongate Books
Copyright © Ismail Kadare, 1978
French translation copyright © Librarie Arthème Fayard,
1981 as Le Crépuscule des dieux de la steppe
English translation and introduction copyright © David Bellos, 2014
The moral rights of the author and translator have been asserted
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
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ISBN 978 0 85786 010 1
eISBN 978 0 85786 890 9
Typeset in Bembo by Palimpsest Book Production Ltd,
Falkirk, Stirlingshire